Goods Thread (for when 10C puts things up for sale)

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Chris_H_2]

ooh, but i can get a bunch of stickers

[Rangi Guy]

Get a dog collar

[bodysnatcher]

Start a contest on the 10c forums and ask for the best Pearl Jam poetry and fan fictions. Winners get $500 in 10c gift cards, and we get a lifetime of material to laugh at.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Strat]

You could have socks for a lifetime!

[Kevin Davis]

I ordered "Vault 6" with some Christmas gift money and I am waiting for the shipping confirmation email. I haven't received it yet, but in the time I've been watching I think I've received 3 different emails about various clothing products and posters that are now available.

Somewhat odd update on this. So, on 12/30 I ordered Vault 6, and a Bruce Springsteen show -- both from Nugs. I emailed them about two weeks in, annoyed that I hadn't received any confirmation updates on either purchase, despite the fact that my card was charged immediately. They assured me that my order was in queue, and that they were just behind due to the holidays. No problem, I said -- I get that. But then another week went by and I started to get pissed -- I understand delays, but three weeks to burn a damn CD and stuff it in an envelope? My experience with Nugs in the past has been rocky enough for me to not really trust them unconditionally, so I emailed them back and said that if they didn't think they could get my orders out within 48 hours, I'd prefer to just cancel. They replied and, good news, they were pushing my order through that day! Awesome. Shipping notices soon followed.

That was last Friday. The Springsteen discs arrived today, lovely as ever. The PJ discs however are stuck in "pre-shipment," which Googling suggests to mean that they are sitting somewhere waiting for the USPS to come get them. Ten Club sent me an email yesterday saying that my order was "in queue" at their warehouse for shipping. This struck me as odd, considering that they were (presumably) manufactured and packaged on the same day in the same place. Ultimately this is no big deal, but I'm fascinated by what is going on: Does Ten Club have Nugs ship the stuff back to them, only to turn around and re-send it themselves? How have they managed to make it so that, even when their product is but one of many and the transaction is handled entirely by a third party, it's still a pain in the ass to do business with them?

Nugs sucks. Viva Kufala.

This arrived today! The disc labeled "Disc 1" was actually Disc 2. The Disc labeled "Disc 2" was Disc 1 from some random Bruce Springsteen show. An irate email requesting a replacement set of FLAC files and a partial refund is en route to the Nugs peeps as we speak.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

This arrived today! The disc labeled "Disc 1" was actually Disc 2. The Disc labeled "Disc 2" was Disc 1 from some random Bruce Springsteen show. An irate email requesting a replacement set of FLAC files and a partial refund is en route to the Nugs peeps as we speak.

Burning a CDR without gaps is hard.

[B]

Start a contest on the 10c forums and ask for the best Pearl Jam poetry and fan fictions. Winners get $500 in 10c gift cards, and we get a lifetime of material to laugh at.

He could pull this off for $20.

[Kevin Davis]

I ordered "Vault 6" with some Christmas gift money and I am waiting for the shipping confirmation email. I haven't received it yet, but in the time I've been watching I think I've received 3 different emails about various clothing products and posters that are now available.

Somewhat odd update on this. So, on 12/30 I ordered Vault 6, and a Bruce Springsteen show -- both from Nugs. I emailed them about two weeks in, annoyed that I hadn't received any confirmation updates on either purchase, despite the fact that my card was charged immediately. They assured me that my order was in queue, and that they were just behind due to the holidays. No problem, I said -- I get that. But then another week went by and I started to get pissed -- I understand delays, but three weeks to burn a damn CD and stuff it in an envelope? My experience with Nugs in the past has been rocky enough for me to not really trust them unconditionally, so I emailed them back and said that if they didn't think they could get my orders out within 48 hours, I'd prefer to just cancel. They replied and, good news, they were pushing my order through that day! Awesome. Shipping notices soon followed.

That was last Friday. The Springsteen discs arrived today, lovely as ever. The PJ discs however are stuck in "pre-shipment," which Googling suggests to mean that they are sitting somewhere waiting for the USPS to come get them. Ten Club sent me an email yesterday saying that my order was "in queue" at their warehouse for shipping. This struck me as odd, considering that they were (presumably) manufactured and packaged on the same day in the same place. Ultimately this is no big deal, but I'm fascinated by what is going on: Does Ten Club have Nugs ship the stuff back to them, only to turn around and re-send it themselves? How have they managed to make it so that, even when their product is but one of many and the transaction is handled entirely by a third party, it's still a pain in the ass to do business with them?

Nugs sucks. Viva Kufala.

This arrived today! The disc labeled "Disc 1" was actually Disc 2. The Disc labeled "Disc 2" was Disc 1 from some random Bruce Springsteen show. An irate email requesting a replacement set of FLAC files and a partial refund is en route to the Nugs peeps as we speak.

Nugs would not give me FLAC files and a partial refund, so I complained to 10C who gave me FLAC files and a full refund. So I just burned the CD's myself and put them in the sleeve that the mispressed discs came in. Score.

And what a glorious show this is -- I am surprised by how little it's been discussed. Really nice to put on some Pearl Jam that sounds fresh and vaguely surprising -- even as much as I love, say, the 2000 or 2003 shows, I've become familiar with variations in vocal melodies, Matt's signature fills, etc. '98 was a different beast altogether -- one forgets how Matt really was "feeling around" through some of these songs back then (there's even a pretty significant difference between this show and DC, which was a few months later in the tour, where he seems to be really honing in on what his versions of these songs will sound like for the next few tours). "Corduroy" in particular is slower than any version I remember post-1995 (which could just be selective memory, but still). As good as they can be when they're in well-oiled-machine mode, there's something really raw and authentic about hearing the band kind of finding their chemistry -- there's an element of communication present that disappears once they start being able to anticipate each other's every move. And Eddie's voice is just perfect. Man.

Now what's a guy gotta do to get an Irons show up in here?

[B]

[CopperTom]

Someone needs to insert that animation over the old 10C headquarters (abandoned gas station) photo.

[E.H. Ruddock]

[Simple Torture]

I'm all for that idea, but I feel like the Pearl Jam logo is preeeeeetty big there. I feel like it would've been more tasteful as an arm patch or something.

[bodysnatcher]

[B]

It's a shame they didn't introduce those a month ago so people could have worn them on IWD.

[CopperTom]

Welcome to the 10C! Holiday Single. Halloween shirt. Seahawks gear. Lol. None on time. Ever.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Somebody send me some Pearl Jam toilet paper so I can wipe my ass with it.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Somebody send me some Pearl Jam toilet paper so I can wipe my ass with it.

PM me your address. As long as you don't mind the paper being made from bay leaf

[B]

Welcome to the 10C! Holiday Single. Halloween shirt. Seahawks gear. Lol. None on time. Ever.

Equality! No matter what!